First, don't panic. Mainstream Support ending doesn't mean that if you are using App-V 4.6 you are suddenly going to be unsupported. What it does mean, however, is that after July 14, 2015 there won't be anymore hotfixes or service packs....

~ John Behneman | Senior Support Escalation Engineer Hello everyone, John Behneman here again. I’d like to share with you a document I just completed that provides strategies, troubleshooting framework, and a consistent framework to assist our customers...

The article below describes hotfix package 6 for Microsoft App-V 5.0 Service Pack 2. The hotfix package includes a hotfix for an issue where Office Click-to-Run applications do not start when you try to open Office documents from Microsoft SharePoint...

You may discover that the operating system requirements are not automatically selected when you add a Microsoft Application Virtualization 4. x application for Windows 8 or Windows 8.1 as a package in the System Center 2012 Configuration Manager Administrator...

We still get a lot of questions regarding what operating system and SQL Server versions are supported with the App-V 4.5 so I thought I’d take a minute and clarify that here. For App-V components such as management servers, streaming servers, the data...

~ Paul Westervelt | Support Escalation Engineer
During the course of the App-V 4.6 product life cycle there have been a number of changes to the base components that require updating to get to the latest version. As such, one of the issues that we...

When you launch a process that is virtualized through Microsoft Application Virtualization version 4.5, version 4.6, or version 5.0 (App-V 4.5, App-V 4.6 or App-V 5.0) on a touchscreen-enabled device, the mouse pointer may become unresponsive. If you...

Have you ever had a great idea on how to improve Microsoft Application Virtualization but weren’t sure how to communicate that idea back to the engineering team? Well now you can not only easily submit those ideas but vote for ideas others have submitted...

~ Matthew Keyes | Premier Field Engineer Hi everyone, my name is Matthew Keyes and I’m a Premier Field Engineer here at Microsoft. Lately we have been getting some questions from customers regarding the proper procedure for upgrading App-V 5.0 infrastructure...

You may be unable to install or upgrade the Microsoft App-V 5.0 Service Pack 3 (App-V 5.0 SP3) Management Server database if you use SQL scripts that were obtained by using the method that is documented in the "Support for Microsoft SQL Server clustering"...

Just a quick reminder that tomorrow is episode 2 of the ongoing “ Success with Enterprise Mobility ” webcast series. This episode will focus on how to effectively integrate your existing Configuration Manager expertise with Microsoft Intune and more efficiently...

~ Sebastian Gernert | Escalation Engineer Hi everyone, my name is Sebastian and I’m an Escalation Engineer in Germany for Microsoft Application Virtualization (App-V). For a while now, one of my responsibilities has been to liaise with SAP so that APP...

There was a really cool Hybrid Cloud webcast series earlier this year by Brad Anderson (VP Enterprise Mobility) and Mark Russinovich (CTO Azure) that delivered some pretty good info in a short amount of time. (If you missed it, you can check out all three...

If you installed the latest security updates and found that you now have trouble launching some App-V applications, a fix is now available. The issue is that after you install security update 2984972 , virtualized applications in Microsoft Application...

Just a quick FYI that the following App-V topics have been updated in the TechNet library within the last few weeks. Enjoy! Topic Update made Virtualizing Microsoft Office 2013 for Application Virtualization (App-V) 5.0 · Moved this topic from the TechNet...

Hi everyone, I wanted to share two great new MDOP Deep Dive courses available on Microsoft Virtual Academy here. First is a User Experience Virtualization (UE-V) Deep Dive from Aaron Ruckman, our Senior Program Manager on the MDOP Engineering team for...

~ Ryan Cobb Hi everyone, Ryan Cobb here with a tip for scheduling client setting updates when using the MDOP GP Admin Templates. One of the options that the App-V 5 client has is the ability to configure some of the client settings through a Group Policy...

UPDATED 11/11/2014: This issue has been resolved in the latest Office packages that were released in October 2014. Please upgrade to build 15.0.4659.1001 or higher. ===== Hi everyone, I just wanted to take a moment to let you know about an issue we recently...

Hi everyone, just a quick FYI that the Microsoft Application Virtualization 5.0 (App-V 5.0) topics listed below have been updated in the TechNet library over the last two weeks. If you’re planning to roll out Microsoft Application Virtualization soon...

~ Keshav Deo Jain Hi everyone, my name is Keshav and I’m an App-V support engineer here at Microsoft. I recently came across an interest issue where the App-V Client service would fail to start so I thought I would share the resolution with you here in...

Just a quick FYI that Hotfix Package 5 for Microsoft Application Virtualization 4.6 Service Pack 2 (App-V 4.6 SP2) has been published and is now available for download. The article below describes the hotfix package that contains the latest hotfixes for...

Hotfix Package 5 for Microsoft Application Virtualization 5.0 (App-V 5.0) Service Pack 2 (SP2) is now available. For details on the issues fixed as well as download and installation instructions, please see the following: KB2963211 - Hotfix Package 5...